From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 6 14:03:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1304106574A for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:03:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from smtp1.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A6E4B8FC16 for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:03:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: (qmail 25673 invoked from network); 6 Jul 2009 07:24:38 -0700 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 25665, pid: 25666, t: 2.2445s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on smtp1.surewest.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.7-deb X-Spam-CMAE-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=jDt-9pEAAAAA:8 a=SABoBNfx0MkGQI3YsqIA:9 a=D0rskKbgdww0eWDcOa65eoRKZKgA:4 a=R35AumO-WOIA:10 Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (69.62.230.77) by smtp1 with SMTP; 6 Jul 2009 07:24:36 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id F1436165DAC for ; Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:03:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=mykitchentable.net; s=default; t=1246889013; bh=0RH/ATFWcedDDXApeO8W1JRlKUleCo7aQMpuvLrpBM4=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=4EVb4i4dFaAe5K7DRsejPVqsukEudtehAiiIxvyFYQaIV7p610p1aCJuc0E1W2odI w+lunVnZzyrwW0u80Dc8+fsBHbfLg8DpshzSgeCv77sknZjsbbTFWCdXAiHpSBpg1K OnlnqLbmnPI6MKfcDZML6ireqLy9ELMYPAwgLclM= Message-ID: <4A520423.3040602@mykitchentable.net> Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:03:15 -0700 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20090704190652.GA44670@lpthe.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <20090704190652.GA44670@lpthe.jussieu.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 090705-0, 07/05/2009), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: FixIt CD Tool Availability X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:03:38 -0000 Michel Talon wrote: > Drew Tomlinson wrote: > >> The command 'gmirror label root ad8a ad6a' does not return an error but >> no device is created in /dev/mirror >> >> The command 'zpool create data raid1z ad14d ad12d ad8d ad6d' gives me >> an error about the ZFS library being unavailable. >> >> Are these tools supposed to work when using the Fix It CD? If not, does >> 7.2-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso have these tools? >> > > One can load kernel modules from the fixit cdrom, but as far as i > remember this requires some manipulations. > > What i do is, from the fixit prompt: > chroot /mnt2 > to go to the full system available on the cdrom under /mnt2. But then > required things are missing, so i do further: > mount -t devfs devfs /dev > because access to /dev is frequently required, and for commodity > set -o emacs > (to have shell history and editing) > export PAGER=more > (to be able to access man pages) > After that one has a more or less standard environment. Sometimes one > needs a writable filesystem, for example for accessing internet > (dhclient, resolv.conf, etc.) > mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /tmp > does that. > Thank you for your reply. I performed the steps you suggested above. However I am still stuck. After the above, my chrooted /dev did not have any device nodes so I must have done something wrong. I have also tried booting the DVD but the issues are the same. I guess the guide at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/remote-install/installation.html is missing something required for 7.2. > It would be nice to have a shell script on the fixit cdrom doing similar > things automatically when one accesses fixit. > > In your case i suspect appropriate kernel modules were not loaded > and commands failed silently. > I have performed several Gentoo Linux installtions from its LiveCD so I understand the concept of running a system from CD to prepare hard drives and install. However I am missing some piece to make FreeBSDs LiveCD a functional environment. I'm getting frustrated... :) Thanks again for your help, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com